A Re-visioning of Medicine
The ancients understood healing as the restoration of harmony, not only within the body, but within the relationships between body, mind, community, environment, ancestry, and meaning.
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The science of modern medicine transformed our understanding of the physical body. It has relieved suffering, prolonged life, and given us extraordinary scientific knowledge of disease. Yet in pursuing the measurable, it left little room for the deeper dimensions of human experience. And in doing so reduced healing to what would impact only the measurables, slowly leaving behind the human being.
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I believe the future of medicine lies not in choosing between science and spirituality, but in bringing them back into integration.
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My work lives at this meeting place.
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As an integrative medical doctor and medicine woman and healer, I weave evidence-based medicine with a multidimensional perception of health, recognising that the body is not only physiology and anatomy, but a vessel of ancient memory, relationship dynamics, holistic trauma, story & meaning, and soul journey.
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True healing is not only prologing life or suppressing symptoms.
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It is the restoration of coherence within the whole person’s experience, and the living systems to which they belong.
Is this for you?
Whether you are navigating chronic illness, inexplicable symptoms, an untreatable syndrome, adrenal dysfunction, autoimmune disease, or simply seeking a more complete understanding of your health, this work is for those who sense that their bodies are calling to be understood in a different way, and value the exploration of meaning on their journey to whole-being health.
Rather than asking only, "What disease is present?", we also ask:
What is this body trying to communicate with these symptoms?
Integrated Lens
Truly Integrative consultations integrate multiple lenses, allowing us to impact health in a way that is aligned with whole being vitality.
Medical
Evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, pathology and treatment.
Functional
Nutrition, metabolism, hormones, gut health, inflammation, environmental influences and lifestyle medicine.
Indigenous
Ancestral healing, TCM, naturopathy, homeopathy, energy healing, shamanic medicine
Meaning
Trauma, life transitions, symbolism, intuitive insight and spiritual wellbeing.
Systems
Relationships, family dynamics, work, purpose and the wider systems in which your body exists.
Dr Leila Sadien
medical doctor | mystic | healer
With over twenty years of experience, Dr Leila’s work is informed by both rigorous clinical training and sustained initiatory practice. Her methodology arises from the integration of conventional medicine, integrative health sciences, and ceremonial and energetic healing lineages. ​​
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Medical & Clinical Training
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Medical Doctor (MBChB) - University of Cape Town
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Integrative Medicine - Stellenbosch University
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Homeopathy 3 yrs - Dr David Lilly
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Functional Medicine - Ampiro
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Aesthetic Medicine 2 yrs - AAMSA
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Behaviour Change Counselling - Stellenbosch University
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Therapeutic & Healing Modalities
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Reiki Master - SartoriUsui
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Psychic Surgery - IAA
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Crystal Healing - various lineages
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Ceremonial & Initiatory Lineages
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Visionary Medicine Woman - DRAOI Cathy Coyle
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Ceremonial Cacao Facilitation - Cape Cacao
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Conscious Connected Breathwork - Celtic Breathwork Mike O'Meara
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Currently in training as Xhosa Traditional Healer - Nkosenasthi Koela
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Applied Alchemy & Leadership
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Business Integration in Applied Alchemy - Institute of Applied Alchemy
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7 Year Training in Shadow Work and Self Mastery - IAA
Her teaching emphasises discernment, embodiment, and ethical responsibility, bridging science, intuition, and lived practice.
